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Woodbury, Minnesota · Since 2014

Inspiring health and wellbeing, across Woodbury.

Woodbury Thrives connects our community to inspire health and wellbeing for everyone. We are a grassroots collaborative of the Woodbury Community Foundation, working across healthy lifestyles, mental wellbeing, and social connectedness.

A program of the Woodbury Community Foundation Grassroots and volunteer-driven
Woodbury Thrives neighbors gathered outdoors at a community wellness event
1,000+
Neighbors who have volunteered or joined a Thrives event
3
Core focus areas, each with its own action team
Since 2014
Sparked at the WCF Leadership Forum
Who we are

A community working to be well, together.

Woodbury Thrives is a grassroots collaboration of Woodbury residents and civic, service, education, business, and healthcare organizations. As a program of the Woodbury Community Foundation, we bring neighbors together around the things that keep a community healthy.

The health of those who live, work, and play in Woodbury is measurably among the best in the nation. Our work is to keep it that way, and to make sure wellbeing reaches everyone who lives, works, and plays here.

A Woodbury Thrives volunteer spins a colorful wellness prize wheel with neighbors at a community event

Our mission

To connect our community and inspire health and wellbeing for everyone in Woodbury.


A grassroots collaboration of Woodbury residents and civic, service, education, business, and healthcare organizations.

In the community

Where Thrives shows up.

Lush raised beds and rows of vegetables at the Woodbury Thrives community garden in summer

Community Garden

Neighbors growing food and friendships side by side, one of the ways Thrives puts healthy lifestyles into practice.

Get involved
Woodbury Thrives volunteers sharing a plate of food with a neighbor at a community meal

Family Mealtime Challenge

Encouraging Woodbury families to share more meals together, a simple habit with real benefits for health and connection.

Learn more
In action

A year of Woodbury, thriving.

Garden harvests, group walks, park clean-ups, and shared meals. Real moments from around our community.

Flowers and the Woodbury Community Garden sign in bloom
Hands holding a colander of freshly picked vegetables from the community garden
Volunteers spread out across a field for a Woodbury park clean-up
Mulched perennial beds and pathways at the community garden
A Scout leading a project at the community garden raised beds
Neighbors walking and talking together outdoors in Woodbury
Thank you

Our Premier Wellness Sponsors.

Thrives is powered by partners who believe a healthier Woodbury is worth investing in.

M Health Fairview
Thrivent
Woodbury Community Foundation
Become a partner
We need you

Woodbury Thrives runs on neighbors.

Well over a thousand people have already volunteered or joined a Thrives event. Add your time, your skills, or your support.